How to Use earworm in a Sentence

earworm

noun

• The score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman sings and swings and is full of earworms.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Sep. 2024
• Who knew the catchiest earworm of 2019 would come from a lute?
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2020
• The catchy earworm is one of the most successful tracks of all time.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• The song has all the classic hallmarks of a catchy kids' earworm.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2020
• Of all the Bee Gees songs, that one has always been an earworm.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
• One of the best ways to rid yourself of an earworm is to embrace it.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2021
• A corn earworm is a moth that feeds on corn and other plants.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 25 Apr. 2017
• The two paired together well, bringing a new vibe to the earworm of a song.
  — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 10 July 2022
• The harmonious, pop-funk earworms were butter against the heavy strain of the weights.
  — Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• So low-key that not even Ray Parker Jr.’s earworm of a song is used.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2019
• There’s a reason the Song of the Summer is a thing: This is peak earworm season.
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 1 July 2019
• Yes, Tetris, the iconic puzzle video game with the earworm theme song.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• Yes, Tetris, the iconic puzzle video game with the earworm theme song.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• At the theme parks, a lot of the rides will load the hordes into boats that float through movie scenes or saddle you with an earworm.
  — Jim Webster, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
• The song, naturally, is set to the same earworm tune as the theme to the beloved ’90s sitcom, which Ann wrote and both sang.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
• In this section, the band introduces a brand new section that's a bit of an earworm thanks to the na-nas in the track.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 21 Aug. 2020
• The 'Vogue' Video The song is an earworm and the video iconic: everyone was doing the Vogue after the 1990 hit dropped.
  — Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
• The sound is addictive—a sweet earworm with a come-hither twang.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
• Service, style, that pop-mashup earworm of a safety video.
  — Andrew Sessa, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2017
• With close to half of the tour wrapped up, Faiyaz plans to lock back in the studio and unleash more earworms for his eager devotees.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
• Jepsen sang the global earworm while bathed in pink lights as the crowd yelled the words back to her in what seemed like a valiant attempt to ward off the Sunday Scaries.
  — Teta Alim, Washington Post, 22 July 2019
• The earworm tunes and weird lyrics through which the adult Townshend processed that trauma make the show moving when offered at the right scale.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Each new iteration of the meme helps the earworm grow inside your head.
  — Cameron Hickey, Wired, 3 Mar. 2021
• The show’s iconic theme song — an earworm if there ever were one — has never left my brain.
  — Eliot Glazer, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
• The appeal is easy to see: Onstage and on record, there’s an infectious bravado and retro cool to go with the slinky grooves and earworm hooks.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
• With Nick and Joe trading vocals and a theater full of Jonatics gleefully singing along, the earworm went all the way to the rafters.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2023
• Sinking into your thoughts like the best earworm, Crazy in Love will stay with you long after its fades from your pulse points.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2022
• The vocals are top-notch, nailing the licks and earworm choruses of the soundtrack stacked with hits from top to bottom.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• Likewise, when Walker Hayes played his earworm Fancy Like, lyrics from the song ran across the banners.
  — Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• The vocals and guitars blast with the energy of a band trying to cram 40 minutes of earworms into half the time.
  — Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024